Antonyms for author
ˈɔ θərau·thor

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. authorverb

   To create a work as its author.

   Synonyms:
   artist, writer, subcreator, bookwright, creator, fabulator

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. author

   The efficient cause, that which makes anything to be or be done, is the common meaning of the word, as in the saying "There is no effect without a cause." Every man instinctively recognizes himself acting through will as the cause of his own actions. The Creator is the Great First Cause of all things. A condition is something that necessarily precedes a result, but does not produce it. An antecedent simply precedes a result, with or without any agency in producing it; as, Monday is the invariable antecedent of Tuesday, but not the cause of it. The direct antonym of cause is effect, while that of antecedent is consequent. An occasion is some event which brings a cause into action at a particular moment; gravitation and heat are the causes of an avalanche; the steep incline of the mountain-side is a necessary condition, and the shout of the traveler may be the occasion of its fall. Causality is the doctrine or principle of causes, causation the action or working of causes. Compare DESIGN; REASON.

   Antonyms:
   consequence, creation, development, effect, end, end, event, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result

   Synonyms:
   actor, agent, antecedent, causality, causation, cause, condition, creator, designer, former, fountain, motive, occasion, origin, originator, power, precedent, reason, reason, source, spring

   Preposition:
   The cause of the disaster; cause for interference.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. author

   Antonyms:
   destroyer, annihilator, demolisher, spoiler, undoer, reverser

   Synonyms:
   creator, producer, inventor, originator, parent, cause, constructor, agent, maker, composer, fabricator, committer, perpetrator, doer

Matched Categories

1. • Authorship
   • Communicator
   • Write

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. writer, authornoun

   writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

   Synonyms:
   writer, source, generator

2. generator, source, authorverb

   someone who originates or causes or initiates something

   "he was the generator of several complaints"

   Synonyms:
   writer, origin, beginning, generator, informant, rootage, root, seed, reference, source, germ, reservoir

3. authorverb

   be the author of

   "She authored this play"

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. authornoun

   Synonyms:
   creator, originator, father, littérateur, writer

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. co-author

   i would say author because co-author means writting a book or play together as a group but author means one creator of a book

   roahl dahl is a famous author

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use author in a sentence?

1. Brad Sherman:

   I served with Mike Pence in Congress for twelve years and I disagree with Mike Pence in Congress on just about everything, i never dreamed I would author a measure that would put Mike Pence in Congress in The House.

2. George Bernard Shaw:

   My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.

3. Joseph de Maistre:

   In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.

4. Cat Ellington:

   After you have done your work—challenging as it may have been to complete—and released it in the marketplace, be not concerned with sales, reviews, critical acclaim, or anything else of the like... After you've written and published a book, you're now an AUTHOR. And that great honor can NEVER be taken away from you, no matter what.

5. Cynthia Peterson:

   I'm devastated. It's hard when we lose any of our patrons, but Alter was an author and he has a huge story to tell and he wanted it told, it meant the world to him to educate all of Oregon. We all adored him, and this is a huge loss.

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